Adjustable organ pedal



(No Model.) S 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. T. ROWE.

ADJUSTABLE ORGAN PEDAL.

Patented Nov. 9 1886.

YINVBNTOR J WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. T. ROWE.

ADJUSTABLE ORGAN" PEDAL.

No. 352,267. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-Q JOHN T. ROWE, OF AYLMEB, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ADJUSTABLE ORGAN-PEDAL.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 352,267, dated NovemberQ, 1886.

Application filed November 3, 18%. Serial No. 18l.750. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. ROWE, of Aylmer, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and Improved 5 Adjustable Pedals for-Organs, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to reed or chapel or-; gans, the bellows of which are operated by pedals; and the invention has for its object to system of adjustable pedals adapted to be raised and lowered easily and quickly to suit children or adults having various lengths of limbs, and without affecting the working of the bellows or attaching or detaching any of the parts, and whereby the performer may take the most advantageous and comfortable position.

The invention consists in certain novel fea tnres of construction and combinations of parts of the adjustable pedals and their auxiliaries, and attachments thereof to the organcase, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the lower part of an organ-case with my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a rear view with the case partlyin'seetion andthe bellows removed; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional elevation taken on the irregular dotted line as m, Fig. 2.

The front A of the lower part of the organcase has an opening, a, over or in front of which the pedal-holding frame B is fitted to slide vertically between guide strips to a, fixed to the case-front.

lower ends to the front of the base-board b of the pedal-frame B, and rest at their upper inner ends on the strips D D of webbing, which are fastened at d to the bellows E, and thence run over rollers or pulleys F F, journaled in the case, and thence pass downward under and along the pedals G O to and beneath rollers G, one of which only is shown in Fig. 2, whence the strips D D pass over a curtain, H, which is wound on a roller, 1, and thence to the lower part of the front of the'organ-case, where the provide a simple, inexpensive, and etlicientf The pedals O O arethinged at c at their outer i webbing strips are fastened at d. The roller I isjonrnaled in suitable beari ng-plates, Mixed one at each end of the base-board b of the pedal-frame.

roller l, and the other end of the curtain is fastened to the lower part of the front of the organ-case, about where the lower ends of the webbing strips D D are attached and immediately in fronto'f the webbing strips. Consequently, when the pedal frame B, with its pedals G, is moved upward on the organ-ease, the curtain H will be unrolled from the roller l, to cover or close all that part of the opening a of the case below the pedal-frame, and when the pedal-frame is lowered the curtain H will he wound upon the roller by the friction of the webbing strips D I) on the curtain.

The roller I may be a springroller, which will wind the curtain on itself automatically as the pedal-frame is lowered and independently of the webbing strips D D, which then may pass over a rod or guide to the place, d, at which they are fastened; or the roller 1, arranged as shown with relation to the webthe spring and webbing strips then will assist each other in winding the curtain on the roller.

It is obvious that when the pedals O O are depressed the webbing strips-D D will be drawn upon to operate the bellows E, however high or low the pedals may be adj nsted to accommodate the different lengths of the limbs of children or adults.

I show the pedal-frame B held to the front of the organ-case by means of metal plates J, held adjustably to'the pedal-frame'one at each end of it by a screw-and-slot connection the organ-ease at each side of the case-opening a, which construction will allow any wear at the faces of the sliding parts to be taken up by loosening the screws at j and moving the guide-plates J outward; hence the pedalframe may always be held snugly to the organ-case to allow the pedals to be operated without jar or noise. Other devices may be vention.

. Various means may be adopted to hold the at j, and the plates have ends j bent behindeinployed to hold the pedal-frame to the front of the organ-case within the scope of my in- One end of the curtain H is fastened to the x bing strips D D, may be a spring-roller, and

pedal-frame and pedals at any desired vertical adjustment. Devices at present preferred for this purpose consist of two aligned bolts or pins, K K, which are fitted to slide horizontally in bearings L L, fixed to the back of the pedal-frame above the pedals, and so as to enter notches or holes M M, made in the organcase front at opposite sides of its opening a,- or it may be in plates fixed to the case. The inner ends of the bolts K K are bent forward at about right angles and pass through a slot, 1), in the front of the pedal-frame B, and project sufficiently to form handles, as at it it, which may be pressed toward each other by the fingers to withdraw the bolts K K from the two opposite notches M M, with which they may be engaged, to allow the pedals to be raised or lowered, and on releasing the handles k 7; when the pedals are at proper height a spring, N, fitted in the pedal-frame will force the bolts outward to engage other notches M M of the series to lock the pedals in place.

Should it not be objectionable to have the webbing strips D D at the front of the curtain H, the curtain may be fixed permanently at the back of the case-front A, so as always to cover the opening at a, and in this instance the Webbing strips will run directly on the roller I, instead of over the curtain wound thereon.

By the use of my improvements the pedals may be adjusted vertically in a few moments, so that they may be operated most comfortably by children or adults of any size, and the adjustments may be effected without attaching anything to or detaching anything from the instrument.

the organ-frame, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with an organ-ease, of a pedal-carrying frame adjustably secured thereto and provided with a roller at its inner lower portion, a flexible webbing or bands secured to the bellows passed down into the pedal and over a guide in the hinged end of the pedal, thence over the roller in the pedal frame and secured to the organ-case, and a curtain secured to the said roller and organcase, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In adjustable pedals for organs, the combination, with the organ-case front A, having an opening, a, and a pedal-frame and pedals, B G, fitted to slide on the case, substantially as and for the purpose specified, of a curtain arranged to cover the lower part of the caseopening a when the pedal-frame is raised, substantially as herein set forth.

4. In adjustable pedals for organs, the combination, with the case-front A, having an opening, a, the pedal-frame and pedals B G, fitted to slide on the case, and webbing strips D D, connected at opposite ends to the bellows and organ-case and guided beneath the pedals, of a roller, I, and curtain H, wound thereon, located beneath the webbing strips, substantially as shown and described, whereby when the pedal-fran1e is raised and lowered the curtain will be unwound and wound, respectively, by the frictional contact of the webbing, as set forth.

5. In adjustable pedals for organs, the combination, with the organ-case front A, having an opening, a, and a pedal-frame and pedals, B O, fitted to slide on the case, of plates J, held adjustably to the pedalframe, and having bent endsj standing at the inside of the casefront, substantially as herein set forth.

6. In adjustable pedals for organs, the combination, with the pedal-carrying frame fitted to slide on the organ-case and arranged relatively to the webbing strips D to operate the bellows at any vertical adjustment of the pedals, substantially as specified, of the springpressed bolts K K, adapted to notches or holes M M in the organ-case, and having end parts, k k, projecting at the front of the instrument, substantially as herein set forth.

JOHN T. ROIVE.

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